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Commissioner warns state plan to shift psychiatric patients to counties risks shortfalls in local services
Summary
A Coos County commissioner criticized a state-level push to make counties accept patients from the state hospital without guaranteed funding, saying it could increase visible homelessness and strain local services.
A Coos County commissioner raised strong objections to proposed state contract language that would require counties to accept overflow patients from the state hospital without the existing clause "subject to availability of funds." The commissioner said the change—pursued by the Oregon Health Authority and the governor's office, and encouraged by the Department of Justice—would require counties to provide services they currently lack…
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